A lucky house-hunter could bag an award winning, multi-million pound Art-Deco-inspired mansion for just £25.
Tindale Towers in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, has its own pool, sports court and penthouse bedroom suite and was recently put on the market for £2,240,000.
The incredible property, once featured channel 4’s TV series ‘I Own Britain’s Best Home’, has now been put up for raffle, via the website Raffall, for just £25 per ticket.
Mike Keen, who owns the property and built it, said: ‘There’s a lot of discussion about the price at the minute but it would cost you around £5 million to build a house like this these days so someone is going to win it for a £25 ticket.
“It’s an amazing property and I built that so I would know.
This four-storey mansion in Bishop Aukland, Co. Durham, is going up as a raffle prize for one lucky winner who buys £25 ticket
The owner of the extravagant home built it himself and says to build a house of this specification and size now would cost £5m
The home is beautifully designed throughout. Pictured: The master bedroom and bathroom on the top floor.
Amazing views: Each bedroom has its own balcony, which offers stunning views over the County Durham landscape
The home is spread over four floors and can be accessed via a spectacular spiral staircase with glass atrium. There is also a lift.
‘No one has such a lot of money in the region. It would have probably been sold immediately to a footballer, if it was in Newcastle or Middlesbrough.
“But sadly, it is a bit too distant, even though the motorway doesn’t seem far away, it’s just a tiny bit too far for them.
“We should be putting up this area really, not putting down and encouraging people here to invest in this area and bring employment to the area.
It will last for six month so we still have some time and I hope people might consider buying Christmas gifts for their friends.
“We’ll just keep hoping that it all works out, and that someone is lucky.”
The ground floor includes a spacious entrance hallway with access into a cloakroom. There is also a ground floor toilet. A laundry room and laundry room are also available. Double doors open to the grand interior hallway which leads directly to the living room, sunroom and grand staircase. There is also access via a garage door to the six car garage.
On the first floor, you will find four luxury bedrooms with balconies, bespoke baths, and dressing rooms.
The master bedroom on the top floor features an en-suite bathroom, study, and a cinema (pictured).
Pictured: This spiral staircase leads you to all four floors in the award-winning, environmentally friendly home.
All bathrooms are fully tiled and feature shower sections with sun-tanning UV panels and fitted sunshowers.
All bathrooms are tiled and feature separate sun-tanning UV panels and fitted sun showers.
The penthouse master suite is located on the second floor. It has a large open-air deck that leads to the galleried landing. There is also access to the lift, separate study and a separate bathroom.
The master suite includes a private balcony with breathtaking views. It can be accessed via bifold door, a living space and cinema screen with projector.
On the basement level, you will find a stunning health suite that includes a heated swimming pool, a Jacuzzi, steam area, changing rooms, and a poolside shower.
Fully equipped bar with a cellar, dance floor and air filtration system. Doors that open to the large, Mediterranean-inspired gardens.
The basement has a heated, kidney-shaped swimming pool, with an adjoining Jacuzzi, steam area, poolside shower, and changing rooms. Pictured: Mike Keen (pictured at the edge of the pool) and Jules Keen (pictured at the bottom).
The home has a fully-equipped bar with dance floor, air filter system, cinema screen, and doors that open to the backyard.
Jerusalem stone floors with natural lighting throughout provide a beautiful blank canvas for new owners to paint on.
Pictured: Mike Keen standing in the Mediterranean-inspired gardens of his luxurious home in Bishop Aukland County Durham
The basement also contains a large games area and gym area. This area is equipped with an air filtration system. It also has access to the plant room, which houses the boiler and electrical systems.
To be in with a chance to win the home, entrants must answer a question correctly and pay £25 for a ticket. So far, there has been at least 100,000 entries. The draw will close within six months.
This is just the latest example of frustrated homeowners who decide to resell their homes after they are unable to sell.
In June this year, a stunning mansion worth £3.5 million and set behind beautifully hedged walls with private gates was being raffled off in the Omaze Million-Pound House Draw, with tickets starting at £10 for 15 entries.
However, it is not always possible for homeowners to make their dreams come true. Darren Wordon’s reality came crashing down as he found his new home in the Cotswolds brought a bundle of issues.
After winning the draw this year, Darren discovered his £2.5million Cotswold pile is plonked in a valley prone to severe flooding.
What law governs the new trend to raffle off homes?
According to the Gambling Commission, pay-to-enter raffles, draws and competitions, where a person’s home is the prize, can only be run for good causes – such as charities or other not-for-profit causes, and cannot be run for private or commercial gain.
The profits can be used by homeowners to recover the home’s value, but they must donate the extra cash to a worthy cause.
To qualify as a prize competition and not a lottery, the outcome must be based on skill, knowledge or judgment.
The £1.7 million six-bedroom Georgian mansion was offered as a competition prize
The property in Aberdeenshire boasts 32 acres of land, four reception rooms and six en-suite bedrooms. There are also two cloakrooms, tennis courts and a gym.
This unconventional method of selling a home is becoming more popular among homeowners who are struggling to sell their property.
Last October, a £1.7million Georgian manor in Aberdeenshire with 32 acres, a nine-hole golf course and a helipad, was raffled-off for just £25 a ticket. The prize included a housekeeper, groundsmen, utility bills paid for a year, stamp duty and £2,000 towards solicitor’s fees.
The entry requirements for the draw were to complete a crossword with Christmas themes.
After the owners failed to find a buyer, the third-storey London property in Greenwich was sold.
The winner got the flat, stamp duty of up to £13,000, legal fees up to £1k with VAT and a bottle of champagne
A month after that, a £490,000 two-bedroom London flat was raffled-off for just £5 by a young couple who, despite having reduced the price twice, had found no buyers.
The lucky winner got the flat, stamp duty of up to £13,000, legal fees up to £1,000 with VAT and a bottle of bubbly to celebrate.
Adding to the this trend, a £2.3m Devon mansion was also sold through a pay-to-enter raffle last year.
A millionaire has put his £2.3million property, pictured, near Tiverton in Devon up for grabs in a raffle for £10.50 a ticket
The mansion was built by a businessman in the 1990s. He stated that he was giving it away for ‘a bit of fun’
It went for just £10.50 a ticket – complete with Rolls-Royce, stocked wine cellar, gardener and housekeeper.
The winner also received £50,000 cash, a tractor and quad bike and even the stock of 600 spare light bulbs.
The only requirement to enter the raffle is to have a valid email address answer a multiple choice question o the location of Nelson’s Fleet.